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-, ~ity' s land.s~aping l~~ ·ihhibits:;;',i1; ..... , .. ; en~~ " " :'~';;::" .j~j~1":'-1'fi. 'r f. d.. ~ttj 7:J~ ~·,1;C".:q·.:i: 'j B.y JO'hi{ C~~~O':iV:;:Jli";~ '{"': .i:.-:)~:r .' y~aitJtie 'idid d.k ' .- ,.r';;:: ~ ·.) ,', ,:"C'h :n . ,'dl<;.l'l:4,l:: : should be;.ablt·;~· Economic development is vital·' ,'to do it;tat~'ifiS , tooiJrcommunity'ih6hlth:'lA-k:b'y': . therWish/::~'''~'i~ factodilibusiness',decision about' The City1i3.:·, wher6:t(; op"'e,'n'oPixp'luid'ishow.'·''! Council trieriHtn user-friend,ly Ii city is, In 'January;),:' " ;bej-1ToIi"tne"'Wfg ' the RiChard adininistration' arid ·--task 'force;<ire'iJ .. City CounCilmen Crawford; H'in'es,q ~::~ca.'gerta'·'l.anrS.n,tWla::nn;0cf~'.:·,:;f" and Talarico formed a Red Tape"" . - Reduc-tionTask Force to identify 'scaping on ... :', ' ways of improvirig Fort Wayne's' . business prol'>.;' . process. We have completed sever- Crawford erty. We are ~ .... al round tables with business 'lead- just against'·. I.:: ers, a feedback questionnaire, a telling a bu:~i'-.I''; , public hearing and several meet- ness owner what to do, My pers·on·~". ings with city staff members in the al philosophy is that government ", _. planning and zoning departments. should not intervene unless the' ." .' ; The number one complaint con- action of one person physically' ,', cems landscaping rules and regula- . harms another person or another: /. tions. The ordinance that mandates person's property. the landscaping in the business'. The business owner will ofteri do private parking lot is fel ,t to be the landscaping without a mandatory r' most onerous .. This ordinance . law; private homeowners certainly. require~ a certain number of trees landscape without one, Business ,'. per square foot and a certain per- owners want things to look nice":'" ' centage of the parking lot be devot- because it is their property and· . , ed to landscaping. because they want it to be attrac'-, 'I A separate Screening and tive for customers. Buffering ordinance specifies what We believe the business owner landscaping and/or other buffers will often decide to invest in as '.' _ r;f" need t6 separate one property from much or more landscaping than we , another. This remains necessary. presently require by law; tl1ey will, i ' especially when one type of land just be able to decide for themselves. use abuts another.' Councilman Hines, Councilman ,;'. A prime example is when a busi- Talarico and I plan to introduce a' ;" ness locates next to a re'sidential resolution in the near future to,.' ~ '. neighborhood. The business people have tbt; City Council ask the plan': , see the legitimate purpose of this. ning commission to delete certain';) , However, they do not feel it is gov- re-quirements of Section 157.1A3, .' ern~elJ.t's place to dictate how, of City Code. This would remove many trees they have to put on the mandatory landscapirig requir.e-their own private parking lot. ments in the private parking lots of. \ ; There is an important phil'osoph- business owners. ica! point here. Trees and landscap- This is a small first step in our·, " ing are nice to help decrease goal of becoming the most busi-' . : storm-water runoff and ozone lev- ness-friendly city we can be. It . els. But just as we don't tell private will, however, send a strong signal homeowners how many trees to that we are serious in this endeavor. , plant on their lots, why should we Business pays attention to this:, dictate to businesses what to do on type of news. Movement toward a their private lots? Treesand land- " more business-fri'endly environ":": c't:' scaping look nice, but so would the ment will be noticed and wel-·, ,-> most expensive grade of carpet. so COOled. This will bring favofab 'le'>' should we mandate that? attention to Fort Wayne and ~:; . ;,; Sometimes busines~ ow.ners;may imprqy~ Qur,competjtive abiliryto_ '~l hav~ ,sp'en(~l,l,~0:~x. /~!yt?J?l~W.ize~ J .. :,,:,-W2JP£.te.ef.99.?,~E, 9,~ye!~p}~~8t1':2-::;, th~.dre'am',ofopeGlng~t1ieii.'bu~~ (rli'~;'Cmwtoral , "'i:rr"\~ Tt1e'~ .'ness"e.s'., -~:.r b''~'ffY.'h 1'ady']j 1.o 'd(' :•h av"e,~e ii-ou'g-h'"~ : .1,~' r..-O o,_r tnW,!'a 'y.' n:'e, 'c"' It' y~· C~~o'u ne·e~l I":''1(4·,,~ ..."p.w. :''; ~1·~P',.) money to ,a or ,an scapmg In :,..~!~ -:r!_.<,',' ',' ,I ',. .i " "';~""'''.:' ,'c, , ' • . ~ .,' ',.. ;'J I • , . ~ ..... -'. .~ .. ~.,.' "
Object Description
Title | Presentation to Planning Commission on proposed landscape ordinance revisions |
Creator | Fort Wayne (Ind.) |
Topic | Land Use, Zoning |
Subject |
Landscape protection--Law and legislation--Indiana--Fort Wayne Parking lots--Landscape architecture--Indiana--Fort Wayne |
Geographical Coverage | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Date of Original | 2000 |
Time Period | 2000-2099 |
Source | Print version: Fort Wayne (Ind.). Presentation to Planning Commission on proposed landscape ordinance revisions. (Fort Wayne, Ind.: The City, 2000), 1 v. |
Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from black and white 400 dpi, 1-bit and color 300 dpi, 24-bit uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Fujitsu 5750C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional scanning software. |
Content Type | Text |
Digital Format | text/pdf |
Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
Identifier | 30000122013067 |
File Name | 30000122013067.pdf |
Description
Title | Page 107 |
Transcript |
-,
~ity' s land.s~aping l~~
·ihhibits:;;',i1; ..... , .. ; en~~
" " :'~';;::" .j~j~1":'-1'fi. 'r f. d.. ~ttj 7:J~ ~·,1;C".:q·.:i:
'j B.y JO'hi{ C~~~O':iV:;:Jli";~ '{"': .i:.-:)~:r .' y~aitJtie 'idid d.k '
.- ,.r';;:: ~ ·.) ,', ,:"C'h :n . ,'dl<;.l'l:4,l:: : should be;.ablt·;~·
Economic development is vital·' ,'to do it;tat~'ifiS
, tooiJrcommunity'ih6hlth:'lA-k:b'y': . therWish/::~'''~'i~
factodilibusiness',decision about' The City1i3.:·,
wher6:t(; op"'e,'n'oPixp'luid'ishow.'·''! Council trieriHtn
user-friend,ly Ii city is, In 'January;),:' " ;bej-1ToIi"tne"'Wfg '
the RiChard adininistration' arid ·--task 'force; |